The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-22
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents aud lncidsh,s In West virginia
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Accidents aud lncidsn,s In West virginia
and Vicinity.
Mrs. n. Ritter, living on one Of the
mountaing, Wills, near Piedmont, waa
horribly assaulted and ill.tseated by two
tfamps.
The residence Of George X. Lewis, OF
Sllepherdstown, cams near being dc.
Atroyed by fro which was caused by . pan
Of hot ashes that had been placed on the
back porch.
F. J.. Hayes, OF We'sel county, has been
arrested by the p~ottotico authorities npon
q charge OF having used a cancelled stamp
In mailing a letter, thereby seeking 10 dc.
fraud the Government.
II Is reported that the newspaper fra.
fernity OF this State Ia threatened with the
loss OF n Of its prominent members.
Will A. Ohley, OF the Fairmont Lder, Ia
said TO b. seriously thinking OF entering
the ministry.
At the IT. Pleasant city election held
Saturday the following were elected
Mayor, W. II. Tomlinson; Council, q. @,
Rouyer, F. NJ. Whaley, W. K. Gum, L, +,
Campbell, NJ. NJ. Laidley aud ]. ]. Stone,
Politics were eliminated from tho contest,
but a majority OF those elected are Demo.
Gratis. r
The body Of Dan Fisher, who 90 mys.
teriously disappeared from Wellsyllle
three weeks ago, was found In a clump Of
willows in the Ohio. Sunday morning, by
two boys who were rowing. Fisher Was
last seen three weeks ago Saturday night
In IN intoxicated condition, and Il ia sup.
posed he foil into the river, which was
very high at the time. He leaves u wife
but nc children.
Mrs. General W. T. Sherman hss re.
Gently been making inquiries concerning
tho history oil her family In this county.
Mrs. Sherman 10 o daughter Of General
Thomas Ewing, OF Ohio, whose wife was q
Miss Boyle, Of B%rowusviile, Miss Boylo's
mother bplug n daughter Of Neil GIlles.
| pie. She will doubtless discover many
interesting facts in their early family his
tory aJhD'gtou, Pa., Obserrfr.
1t 10 now thought that the notorious
E!ihu Gregg Is the man who RECENTLY
burned Thomas Fortney's barn In Preston
to have had a hand in several Of the many
~incendia'y fires tia. have recently taken
place in that county. In all the lonv
years that he was III jail under sentence Of
death for iEcendiansm he never iofgo,
those in Preston and surrounding coun.
ties against whom he had old grudses.
Tbs people OF the upper end Of Jackson
county sre said TO be excited over the sud-
don disappearance Of George N. Paraoas,
a prominent Justice Of the Peace and 4
citizen who had always stood high in the
community. Lie LET. nearly two weeks
ago, telling his vile that TIC was going
away to try o case. He haa never re-
turned, and an intimate friend, with whom
he lett the key OF bis oilics, has Just given
out that he has goue West to find a new
home, with no intention OF returning, DO.
ulestic iatolieity he gave rs the reason for
his step.
OBJ. Richold stoleanumber olhidesf rom
a man named Zepp living at Capon Bridge
and was put in Jail at Winchester for the
theft. In some manner he got possession
OF an augur and bored q hole through the
floor large enough for him to pass into the
basement, and removing some loose stones
from beneath one OF the Windows in the
basement he escaped to the yard, and then
scaled the wall by ,neans OF soma planks,
4 few days afterwards he VIA arrested
while passing through Shephordstoyn
aud taken to Charles,own, where he wan
turned over to the authorities from whom
he had escaped.
a little daughter OF Henry Roggs, Of
Greenbrier county, wa stolen from her
home by Miss Libby Boggs, who hsi
been Waiting the family for several weeks,
When the discovery was made that the
woman and child were gone, a general
alarm vas given and al iinmediass search
was begun. Many Of the young men Of
the hciGhborhood volunteered their ser-
vicea and, sald!iug their horses, stsrtei in
every direction hoping to find a clue 10
the missing child. The search was coz.
tinued until the child wan found a, thu
home Of Richard Kinks, on Mit,er'r
mountain. She lad been recovn;taG
there and taken in charge, but the wo,usn
allowed to werd her way to Muddy
Greek. The first nights travel the woman
and child made about ten miles throuvh
the mud and darkaees. Miag Bosve. upon
a warrant, was arrested and lodged in isil.
a distreeainS accident occurred a. the
residence Of Edward Walah, 3 farmer 10
siding about two miles IRON Oakland.
having several children, smoag them
deaf and dumb and o,hesvise afflicted |
boy about nine years OF age. The bow
has from his birth manifested q diaposi. |
ton to play with fire, aud it has reuuired /
a constant eeort on the part OF bis mother
to keep him from indu!ging in his ne.
fancy. The day If tho accident she
was Obliged to go out OF the house ior q
short time. Before going she placed this
boy With Il younger child ID 6 room where
there WAS no fire. AS 0 as the mother
ont Of the house this boy managed 10
yet back TO the room where tttere WAS an
opnn gra:e Ere. His clothes caught and
he was horribly burned, and dind. His
mother, in her ehofts to rescue him, wa
badly burned.
Wonderful Cures, ]
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